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"The establishment of peace on earth is a fundamental belief of universal Judaism with its principles of one universal God and one humanity": Rare type-written manuscript signed and hand-corrected by Palestine's first attorney general Norman Bentwich
BENTWICH, Norman.
The Jews and International Relations: The Pursuit of Peace.
c. 1950.
Rare manuscript written by Mandatory Palestine's first attorney general, British Zionist Norman Bentwich. 21 pages, type-written with copious corrections and revisions in Bentwich's hand throughout, signed by Bentwich at the conclusion of the last page. Developed during his term as Chairman of the United Restitution Organization, the manuscript contains content and notes which would later be published as Bentwich's 1959 book: The Religious Foundations of Internationalism; A Study in International Relations Through the Ages. Also included at the conclusion of the text is a list of suggested reading. In very good condition. A rare and desirable signed manuscript.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81253
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Original Hilary Knight Chanel Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary. [Coco Chanel].
Hilary Knight Original Chanel Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Chanel. In an envelope affixed to the rear of the framed piece is the original tissue guard featuring an inscription in Knight's hand, "A Chanel School Girl stops for a spring sniff of the camelia trees outside of the Place Vendome Step" and "A construction worker takes a smoke break to admire the astonishing set piece in the newly refurbished Grand Palais." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95329
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"Art is language of the entire human personality": First Editions of Each Volume in the Author’s Acclaimed Cairo Trilogy; Each Volume Signed by Naguib Mahfouz
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York: Doubleday, 1990-1992.
First American editions of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume was signed by Naguib Mahfouz at the Shepheard Hotel in Cairo in 2006. All three are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Carin Goldberg. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 274
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First Edition of For A New Liberty; Warmly Inscribed by Murray Rothbard
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto.
New York: Collier Books, 1978.
First edition of Rothbard's classic treatise on libertarianism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "June, 1973 To Laurel and Robin Winkler: - dear friends and fellow old New Yorkers- Fondest regards, Murray Rothbard." Near fine in a good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145961
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First Edition of The Economic Point of View; Signed by Israel Kirzner and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Economic Point of View.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Israel Kirzner on the half-title page. In fine condition, stamp to the copyright page. Edited with an introduction by Laurence S. Moss. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146012
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"These short stories are among the finest, and best known, in American literature": First Edition of Ambrose Bierce's Tales of Soldiers and Civilians; Inscribed by Him
BIERCE, Ambrose.
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, 1891.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original publisher's pale green cloth (not noted by BAL). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "H.F. Peterson With compliments of The Author." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142120
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“I did not want to voice a word that would lift the cover and reveal that hideous emotion I always felt for her, the underside of love": First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw
ROTH, Philip [Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw].
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actors Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw on the half-title page, who starred in the 1969 film bearing the same name. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146076
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First Edition of Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009; Signed by Zaha Hadid
JODIDIO, Philip; Zaha Hadid.
Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009.
New York: Tashen, 2009.
First edition of the most comprehensive volume on the work of Zaha Hadid. Folio, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Zaha Hadid on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 26063
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Rare Signed Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.
January 20, 1965.
Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound in, eight pages. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133502
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First Edition of Cheaper by the Dozen; Signed by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
GILBRETH, Jr..
Cheaper by the Dozen.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1948.
First edition of this hilarious memoir, the basis for the 1950 and 2003 film adaptation. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald McKay. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to front panel. Uncommon signed and in the original jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 97548
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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know": Rare First Edition of James Salter's A Sport And A Pastime; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
A Sport And A Pastime.
Garden City, NY: Paris Review Editions/ Doubleday, 1967.
First edition of this modern classic, hailed as a masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Salter on the title page. With a publisher's compliments of the author laid in, fine in a good dust jacket with a few chips. Jacket collage by Alex Gotfryd. First editions are exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146210
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"In Forgetting, they were trying to remember": First Edition of The Exorcist; Signed by William Peter Blatty and Actress Kitty Winn
BLATTY, William Peter.
The Exorcist.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition of Blatty's landmark horror novel, basis for the 1973 film. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Peter Blatty and actress Kitty Winn, who starred in the film on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Frederick Cantor. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed the author and Winn.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147119
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Rare early printing of Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia: Being A Preachment; inscribed by First Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan, Elbert Hubbard and Elbert Hubbard II
HUBBARD, Elbert.
A Message to Garcia: Being A Preachment.
Aurora, New York: Done Into a Booklet by The Roycrofters, 1903.
Rare early printing of Hubbard's best-selling work on individual initiative and conscientiousness in work, signed by the author and First Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan. Octavo, original publisher's full limp suede, titles to the front panel stamped in gilt, watered moiré silk endleaves, wide decorative arts and crafts border to the title page. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by American army officer Andrew Summers Rowan (the dramatized protagonist of the essay), "Very sincerely your friend, A.S. Rowan," signed by the author, "Elbert Hubbard" and inscribed by Hubbard's son, Elbert Hubbard II on the same page, "July 1, 1961…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143282
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First Edition of Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz .
Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gene Crofts.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 44758
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN LUNAR MODULE EAGLE OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Eagle Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin and the Lunar Module Eagle. Glossy color oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin working next to the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission, with the Solar Wind Composition Experiment and the American flag visible to the left side. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145781
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Rare original photograph signed by both presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover, and inscribed by Beardsley, "For the Ken Brownes, Wm. S. Beardsley,"Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Herbert Hoover dated April 25, 1960 and addressed to Kenneth Browne, "Dear Mr. Browne: I do appreciate your sending me that Indian version of the 23rd Psalm. It was most gracious of you. Yours faithfully, "Herbert Hoover." Both the photograph and letter are in near fine condition. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 92470
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"Waves can't be the god of the sport ... It has to be getting out in it that counts": First Edition of You Should Have Been Here An Hour Ago; Inscribed by Phil Edwards
EDWARDS, Phil with Bob Ottum.
You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago: The Stoked Side of Surfing or How to Hang Ten Through Life and Stay Happy.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this classic profile of 'the surfer's surfer.' Octavo, original sky blue cloth, illustrated with full-page photographs. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the copyright page: "You should have been here .... Phil Edwards." Very good in a very good dust jacket, with dampstaining to the book. Jacket photograph by Lynn Pelham-Rapho-Guillumette. Photograph of Bob Ottum by Jerry Cooke.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145184
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Rare Original September 15, 1967 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Former President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu
THIEU, Nguyen Van.
Nguyen Van Thieu Signed Time Magazine Cover.
August 27, 1968.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the September 15, 1967 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Nguyen Van Thieu painted by Boris Chaliapin. Boldly signed and dated by Thieu as President at the lower left, "Thieu Aug. 27th 1968." In near fine condition with mail folds and clipping to the edges. Signed pieces from Thieu are exceptionally rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146627
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“As I hear him, I understand that he's not more moronic because of the brandy than he is because of his cowardice”: First Edition of Leaf Storm and Other Stories; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel .
Leaf Storm and other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972.
First edition with the statement of first edition to the copyright page and the full number line on the final page of this early collection of stories by Garcia Marquez. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 118624
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Helen Ferris.
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.
First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein, "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 4553
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Signed Limited Edition of the Duke of Windsor's A King's Story; With An Additional Signed Note by Him
WINDSOR, Duke of [Edward VIII].
A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951.
Signed limited edition of the Duke of Windsor’s classic autobiography. Royal octavo, bound in the full publisher's morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, three gilt coats of arms as Prince of Wales, King of England, and Duke of Windsor with accompanying gilt signatures to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamped-in, watered-silk end leaves, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bound-in, frontispiece of the Duke of Windsor leaving Westminster after his first and last Opening of Parliament November 3, 1936, foldout map…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145247
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First Edition of Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems; Signed by W.H. Auden
AUDEN, W.H.
Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1972.
First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by W.H. Auden on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed as Auden passed away a year after publication.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147744
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“THE DAY OF THE JACKAL WAS OVER”: FIRST EDITION OF THE DAY OF THE JACKAL; INSCRIBED BY FREDERICK FORSYTH
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Day of the Jackal.
London: Hutchinson, 1971.
First British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "The Day of the Jackal was over For John sincere best wishes Frederick Forsyth 2015." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 144699
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Rare Scientific Pamphlets Compiled During President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1938 Smithsonian-Sponsored Scientific Expedition to the Galapagos Islands; Both Inscribed by Him to his Personal White House Physician Admiral Ross McIntire
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Presidential Cruise Pamphlets.
City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1939.
First editions of two zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapagos, both being presentation copies inscribed and signed “FDR” on the front wrapper. Octavo, two pamphlets, original brown printed paper wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copies, inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his White House doctor, "Ross McIntire from FDR." The pamphlets include: A New Dicrocoeliid Trematode Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Allen McIntosh, June 8, 1939) and The Polychaetous Annelids Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Olga Hartman, June 9, 1939). The recipient…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146601